Plant Performance Engineer - Ngodwana

Responsibilities:

- Develop strategies to be used for optimising performance, production and plant/system efficiencies.

- Review design and engineering processes and report any design deficiencies.

- Generate procedures and systems for optimal performance operation of the facility in a cost-effective manner.

- Defining, developing, and fine-tuning control logic to optimize the overall performance of the plant.

- To assure that the data used (Instruments, inputs meters, DCS etc) are accurate and valid

- Investigate incidents and breakdown.

- Generating the daily production forecast.

- Ensure calculation methodology is implemented and closely monitored.

- Report any design deficiencies

- Daly analysis of trends and generate performance reports with recommendations.

- To review the models provide by the EPC and/or Client, identifying the critical points affecting to the daily performance.

- Develop and conduct performance tests to assess equipment monitoring overall performance and recommend best operating.

- Implement and verify predefined testing of fuel, water, and steam qualities. Report on findings and highlight deviations form standards and codes.

- Measure and assess waste and process by-products for statutory compliances and safe disposals.

- Conduct systematic performance analysis and initiate changes to improve plant performance to ensure that key energy consumption and production targets are met.

- Ensure all process related incidents and breakdowns are thoroughly investigated, analysed and failures allocated to the relevant cost centres

Requirements:

Qualifications:

- B-Tech Degree/Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.

- Project Management

- GCC Factories is an advantage

Related Experience:

- 6 years experience as a Plant Performance Engineer in a power plant / utilities environment.

Skills and competencies:

- Knowledge of DCM and CMMS

- Knowledge and understanding of power plant operations and associated risks.

- Knowledge and understanding of SHERQ management systems.

- Knowledge and understanding on conducting risk assessments.

- Good numeric reasoning ability.

- Good attention to detail

Should you not receive a response within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful